Turkey says any Ukraine peacekeeping hinges first on ceasefire

ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey believes a ceasefire must first be secured between Russia and Ukraine before it and other states take any decisions on a peacekeeping mission as part of security guarantees for Ukraine, a defence ministry source said on Thursday.

U.S. and European military planners have begun exploring security guarantees for Ukraine, Reuters reported on Tuesday, a day after President Donald Trump said the U.S. would help guarantee its security in any deal to end the war.

“It is…